Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Random: Books
Wondering through the bookshop on Sunday, I was reminded of the ABCs My Favourite Book from this time last year. I thought last year it would be interesting to see how many I'd read. Since I didn't have a blog then, I never actually bothered. For anyone who can't be bothered reading through it all, I've marked off 28 out of 102.
Here's the list:
Here's the list:
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- The Bible (Various Contributors)
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper LeeCloudstreet by Tim WintonHarry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (Book 5) by J. K. RowlingNineteen Eighty-Four by George OrwellThe Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown and Catch 22 by Joseph Heller- A Fortunate Life by A.B. Facey
- Dirt Music by Tim Winton
- 800 Horseman by Col Stringer
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
- Zhaun Falun by Li Hongzhi
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (Book 3) by J.K. Rowling- Captain Underpants And The Invasion Of The Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies From Outer Space by Dav Pilkey
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Wind In The Willows by Kenneth Grahame- The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger
- The Pillars Of The Earth by Ken Follett
Magician by Raymond E. Feist- Possession: A Romance by A.S. Byatt
Dune (Dune Chronicles) by Frank Herbert- A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien- A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
- One Hundred Years Of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- 'Fighting' McKenzie Anzac Chaplain by Col Stringer
- Deltora Quest Series by Emily Rodda
Tomorrow, When The War Began by John Marsden- Perfume: The Story Of A Murder by Patrick Suskind
- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Ancient Future Trilogy by Traci Harding- The God Of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire (Book 4) by J.K. RowlingandThe Power Of One by Bryce Courenay- The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
- Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis De Bernieres
- The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
- Anne Of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
- Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
- Cross Stitch by Diana Gabaldon
- Persuasion by Jane Austen
- Ice Station by Matthew Reilly
- Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
- Life Of Pi by Yann Martel
- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
- Love In The Time Of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Rage by Steve Gerlach
- Alice's Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
- The Mists Of Avalon by Marion Zimmer-Bradley
- Cafe Scheherazade by Arnold Zable
- The Bone People by Keri Hulme
- Jessica by Bryce Courtenay
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets (Book 2) by J. K. Rowling- The Fortunes Of Richard Mahony by Henry Handel Richardson
- My Family And Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
War And Peace by Leo Tolstoy- Wild Swans by Jung Chang
- Mao's Last Dancer by Li Cunxin
- Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
- Eragon by Christopher Paolini
- Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
Memoirs Of A Geisha by Arthur Golden- The Riders by Tim Winton
- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
- Angela's Ashes by Frank Mccourt
- The Age Of Reason by Thomas Paine
- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
- Middlemarch by George Eliot
- Emma by Jane Austen
- Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
- The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Matilda by Roald Dahl- Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig
- On The Road by Jack Kerouac
The Bfg by Roald Dahl- Animal Farm by George Orwell
- Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
- A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving
- Boyz Rule by Felice Arena and Phil Kettle
- Scarecrow by Matthew Reilly
- The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Looking For Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta- Watership Down by Richard Adams
- The Thorn Birds by Colleen Mccullough
- Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Winnie The Pooh by A. A. MilneHarry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone (Book 1) by J. K. RowlingThe Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton- Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Heart Of Darkness by Conrad- High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
- Goosebumps by R. L Stine
The Magic Pudding by Norman Lindsay- Les Miserables by Victor Hugo and David Copperfield by Charles Dickens